undermining

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnɪŋ]

v.  逐渐削弱(信心、权威等); 使逐步减少效力; 从根基处破坏; 挖…的墙脚
undermine的现在分词

现在分词：undermining　复数：underminings　

BNC.33204 / COCA.24668

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
  If youunderminesomething such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts.
  1. Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult...
     对每个问题都给出建议会令她觉得自己不像个成年人。
  2. Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.
     西方情报机构被指责企图动摇该政府的统治。
• VERB （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威）
  If youunderminesomeone orunderminetheir position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.
  1. She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent...
     她暗中打击他，让他对自己的才华信心全无。
  2. The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company.
     这些谈话有意削弱她的威信，这样她会觉得自己在公司干不下去。
• VERB 破坏，损害（某人的努力或成功的机会）
  If youunderminesomeone's efforts orunderminetheir chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed.
  1. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement...
     持续的战斗会破坏希望通过谈判来达成协议的努力。
  2. I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success.
     我不想做会影响成功机会的事情。

双语例句

• Telling them they are late could be seen as undermining their position over you.
  告诉老板他们迟到了可能被看成你在藐视他们的地位。
• Salim Salim says regional conflicts are undermining all progress.
  萨利姆说，地区冲突破坏了所有的进展。
• Moral hazard the undermining of incentives will be averted: a strong message will be sent.
  道德风险激励政策受到削弱将得以避免：这将传递一个强大的信息。
• Some lawmakers expressed frustration about continued terrorist safe havens in Pakistan that are undermining NATO efforts in Afghanistan.
  一些议员对巴基斯坦继续成为恐怖分子的安全藏身处而破坏北约在阿富汗的工作感到挫折。
• Unfortunately, Beijing's actions are sometimes regarded as undermining its own apparent strategy.
  不幸的是，北京的行动有时被认为破坏了自己的明显战略。
• By punishing Russia economically, the US and Europe are undermining the open international system.
  通过在经济上惩罚俄罗斯，美国和欧洲正在破坏开放的国际体系。
• I know that some in China believe that greater freedom could threaten economic progress by undermining social stability.
  我知道，在中国有人认为扩大自由会破坏社会稳定，从而威胁经济发展。
• Officials said the attack was aimed at undermining the peace process between the two countries.
  官方人员声称此次袭击目的在于暗中破坏两国之间的和平进程。
• His creative intelligence was used into the work of destruction and undermining philosophy.
  他的创造性天才却被用于从事破坏和摧毁哲学的工作。
• But if you have these responses when you are grown up, the past is undermining the present.
  但是，如果当你已经成年，会做出这些响应，那么过去正在影响到了现在。